Your favourite (and not so favourite) Beauty Items in 2010

Paris B 49 Comments

During the weekend, I asked you for your favourite non-beauty item in 2010 and I was so amused to see that we have so many gadget geeks among us. Gadget geeks unite! 😀

Anyway with each day, we’re slowly but surely heading to the close of 2010 and a new year of 2011, so I thought it might be fun for us to share our faves and duds of the year in terms of beauty products, this time 😉

a few of my fave things in 2010

Like every year, 2010 saw a slew of new products head our way. Some of us took the plunge and tried the new items, some of us didn’t, preferring to stick to the tried and true. Some of us rediscovered old favourites in the process and some of us discovered pure lumps of coal. Duds. They are the bane of trying anything new.

Would you want to share your favourite and not so favourite beauty products of 2010 with us? 🙂

I’ll start and you can just follow on in the comments 😀

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Wax On, Wax Off! With Benefit Brow Bar

Paris B 33 Comments

I did it! I had my first waxing experience!

But its not down there – oh no! Not that brave 😛 Instead its “up there” where my brows are.

benefit brow bar pavilion KL

We are familiar with brow trimming and there are lots of cosmetics counters that offer this service. However, I now know of only one major cosmetic brand that offers brow waxing – Benefit Cosmetics.

I’m told that waxing is better because it actually grabs and pulls the hair out by the roots thereby reducing stubble and instances of ingrown hair. But it also sounds painful (and if you are the sensitive sort, it probably will be).

I got mine done by Michelle at the Benefit Brow Bar in Parkson Pavilion Kuala Lumpur. Apparently, there are just 2 Benefit Brow Bars for now – Parkson Pavilion Kuala Lumpur and at 1 Utama. Wanna know just how painful it was? 😛

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The Magic Trio: Benefit Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow in Strut, Skinny Jeans and Birthday Suit

Paris B 21 Comments

If ever I had a reader to blame for making me pick up yet another Benefit Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow, it would be you Anis! Thanks to Anis’ comment, I ran over to StrawberryNET.com to pick out Birthday Suit for US$13 during the sale that I told you about when I reviewed Strut.

Benefit Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow

It got here a while ago, but I didn’t do anything with it. Part of the reason is because it swatched a little darker than I expected on my skin. However, I liked the subtle shimmer it had. Its like “now you see it, now you don’t” which is very pretty.

I experimented one day using just cream shadows for the eyes and wowza! I loved the look! I used the 3 Benefit Creaseless Cream Eyeshadows I own – Strut, Skinny Jeans and Birthday Suit.

Just quickly, Birthday Suit is a neutral cream eyeshadow that swatches a little beige on my skin with very subtle shimmer. Like the other Benefit cream shadows, this one lasts all day long on me without creasing and without making my lids feel dry. It swipes like buttah!

Here’s a picture of how I used Birthday Suit with Strut and Skinny Jeans.

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Quick Look: Benefit Strut and Skinny Jeans for quick smokey eye

Paris B 14 Comments

Benefit Strut Skinny Jeans

Here’s another quick look I did using the Benefit Creaseless Cream eyeshadows. I seem to be doing a lot of eye looks right but the eyes tend to stump most people? Anyway, this is a very quick and dead easy way to get a smokey eye look either for work or to go out partying.

You will need the 2 products I used though – Benefit Creaseless Cream shadows in Strut and Skinny Jeans.

Here’s how I did it.

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